J’ville sweeps Pell City

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Updated: November 24, 2014

Golden Eagles boys, girls win openers in Lincoln tournament; Ohatchee girls win

By East Alabama Sports Today

LINCOLN — Junior Cam Horton scored 30 points for the second game in a row Monday night as Jacksonville beat Pell City 60-51 for its first win of the season in the Lincoln Thanksgiving tournament.

Horton, who also had 30 in the Golden Eagles’ season-opening loss to Alexandria, was 10 of 20 from the field, including 4 of 11 from 3-point range. He scored more than Pell City’s top two scorers combined.

“Cam is a pure shooter and he shoots a true jump shot,” Jacksonville coach Ryan Chambless said. “He’s 6-1 and really elevates when he shoots. He can get his shot off against a lot of people because of the way he jumps.”

Sid Thurmond, who also had 30 in the Alexandria game, added eight points Monday and Savon Parker grabbed nine rebounds. Horton also had five steals and eight rebounds.

“Him and Sid both are playing together a lot better,” Chambless said of Horton. “We’ve got two point guards with both of them on the floor and that’s a tough matchup because they’re both really good guards.

“They both had 30 (the last game) and we lost the game; we’ve got to have a lot more balance. I think once we all figure out what’s a good shot and what’s not a good shot or when’s a good time to take a 3 and … just the flow of the game, those guys are going to be really successful.”

In the girls’ game, Jacksonville played stout defense for the second win in a row, beating Pell City 56-26. The Golden Eagles (2-1) held Alexandria to 21 points in their first win.

“One thing we’ve gotten better at versus our first game is we backed off the ball a little bit and contained the dribble,” Chambless said. “We’re not over-pressuring and we’re doing a better job of really just containing the ball and not getting beat off the dribble.

“That’s something that hurt us against Gadsden City. It’s something we talked about that we needed to fix and I think the girls did a good job fixing that. That’s really helped us a lot.”

Angel Kidd led Jacksonville with 17 points, six rebounds, five assists and five steals. Dasia Kirksey had 10 points, while Virginia Poe and Sierra Stone had eight each. Stone also grabbed nine rebounds.

The Golden Eagles play Ashville in the tournament on Tuesday and wrap up their portion of the event Wednesday against Lincoln.

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OHATCHEE — Morgan Lee scored 15 points and Joria Steger added 14 as Ohatchee’s girls defeated Coosa Christian 49-27. The Indians (3-1) will play Southside for the title Tuesday at 6 p.m.

In another tournament game, Wellborn defeated Weaver 36-31 for third place.

Cover photo: Ohatchee coach Bryant Ginn draws up a play for his team during a recent game with Faith Christian.

BOYS BOXSCORE
Jacksonville 60, Pell City 51

PELL CITY (51) — Griffin Wright 7-14 5-8 19, Luke Daniel 3-9 2-4 10, Brendon Satterwhite 3-10 0-1 7, Ladarius Marbury 2-5 1-3 6, Noah Kennedy 2-4 0-0 5, Elijah Sheppard 1-4 0-0 2, Jamichael McKinney 1-2 0-0 2, Gabe McKinney 0-2 0-2 0. Totals 19-50 8-18 51.

JACKSONVILLE (60) — Cam Horton 10-20 6-6 30, Sid Thurmond 3-13 1-2 8, Ben Jaskowski 3-3 0-0 6, Savon Parker 2-4 1-3 5, Tae Ackles 2-8 0-1 5, Rivan Hill 1-9 1-2 3, Aaron Bragg 1-2 0-0 3, Ken Satcher 0-3 0-0 0, Zack Casey 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-62 9-14 60.

Pell City 17 7 11 16 — 51
Jacksonville 22 5 13 20 — 60

3-point goals: Pell City 5-13 (Wright 0-1, Daniel 2-4, Satterwhite 1-3, Marbury 1-3, Kennedy 1-2); Jacksonville 7-20 (Horton 4-11, Thurmond 1-3, Ackles 1-3, Hill 0-2, Bragg 1-1). Rebounds: Pell City 39 (Satterwhite 7); Jacksonville 43 (Parker 9, Horton 8). Total fouls: Pell City 14, Jacksonville 18.

GIRLS BOXSCORE
Jacksonville 56, Pell City 26

PELL CITY (26) — Mary Duman Luker 4-10 2-2 10, Maggie Bowling 3-3 0-0 7, Courtney Jordan 1-0 1-2 3, Kaylan Millender 1-7 0-4 2, Jada Collins 1-6 0-2 2, Akeera King 0-1 2-2 2, Ashantee Wade 0-4 0-2 0, Hannah Saxon 0-0 0-0 0, Candice Constable 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 10-39 5-14 26.

JACKSONVILLE (56) – Angela Kidd 4-13 9-14 17, Dasia Kirksey 5-10 0-1 10, Sierra Stone 4-5 0-0 8, Virginia Poe 3-5 1-1 8, Ataliya Morgan 1-4 1-2 4, Quenteeria Mooney 1-4 1-2 3, Darrien Martin 1-5 0-0 2, Brandi Canady 0-0 2-2 2, Destiny Easley 0-2 1-2 1, Malieah Patterson 0-2 1-2 1, Kyra Williams 0-1 0-0 0, Kelsey Ervin 0-0 0-0 0, Aniyah Robinson 0-0 0-0 0, Tatiyana Thomas 0-0 0-1 0. Totals 19-48 15-25 56.

Pell City 6 8 6 6 — 26
Jacksonville 19 14 17 6 — 56

3-point goals: Pell City 1-5 (Luker 0-3, Bowling 1-1, Jordan 0-1); Jacksonville 3-11 (Kidd 0-3, Poe 1-3, Morgan 1-3, Mooney 1-1, Easley 0-1). Rebounds: Pell City 32 Millender 7, Wade 6); Jacksonville 35 (Stone 8, Kidd 6). Total fouls: Pell City 17, Jacksonville 10.

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